Re: Inula
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Inula
- From: M* M*
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 06:50:54 -0600
Hi, Val...
Several years ago, I started some inula helenium (aka elecampane) from
seed. This particular variety has large, coarse leaves and reaches a height
of about 6 feet in part shade, where it doesn't get much water. If I forget
to deadhead, I find lost of seedlings the following year. "Rodale's
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs" says that the root of elecampane has
both medicinal and culinary use.
Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
Valerie wrote:
>I just bought a couple of inula plants from our local nursery because the
>description sounded interesting: large, shaggy bright yellow daisy-like
>blooms from mid-summer on. Two foot tall. Dry soil.
>
>Does anyone have any experience growing inula? Is there a common name? I
>live in zone 6a, hot and humid summers, amended clay soil. Thanks!
>
>Val in KY
>zone 6a
>
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